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Summary

Keys to Successful Writing prepares student writers for college, career, and everyday writing success by illustrating the writing process requiring reading, thinking,andwriting. An essay-level rhetoric/reader/handbook presenting straightforward, consistently applicable tools and techniques,Keys's organization flows from simple to more complex essays. Featuring a student-friendly, highly accessible writing style, the text presents clear, specific strategies for writing. These methods are combined with student and professional models that are engaging, provocative, and contemporary.

Table of Contents

Exploring the Realm of College Reading and Writing

Reading, Thinking, and Writing for College

The Reading/Writing Connection Why We Read Characteristics of Successful

College Writers and Readers ldquo;LETrsquo;S

Tell The Story Of All Americarsquo;s Cultures,rdquo;Ji-Yeon Mary Yufill

Guidelines for Being an Active Reading Audience Strategies for Active

Reading

bull; Preview the Reading

bull; Use Dictionary Definitions and Contextual Definitions

bull; Annotate

bull; Summarize

bull; Respond in a Journal

bull; Think Critically Guidelines for Note-taking in the Classroom Guidelines for Connecting

Reading and Writing Purpose

bull; Focus

bull; Material

bull; Structure

bull; Style Model with Key Questions

Ldquo;A Letter Of Complaint,rdquo;

Matt Cirillo and Cindy Sharp Journal Writing

The Reading Log Box

Using the Computer for College Reading and Writing Options for Writing Responding to Writing

Using Active Reading Strategies Box

Critical Thinking in Connecting Texts

Defining the Essay and the Composing Process Characteristics of the Essay